A nice fall

Hi. Amanda and I are keeping really busy. Amanda right now is finishing up her time at Pier 1. God has given her a part time job at a dentist office about 20 minutes from our house. I think she will enjoy it and it gives her much more time to do what she loves and that’s art. Because of Gods goodness she is joining staff at IHOP and has a great opportunity to be a instructor at the Forerunner Art Institute of FAI; that is not quite launched but is apart of IHOP University. We miss our church in Minot, Northland Harvest. God increase your love and revelation to the church of Minot.

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I am still working at a great hospital St. Luke’s South in Overland Park, KS. I am working towards my First assist which is more education and more opportunities in the Surgical tech. field. Our house is coming together. We are excited to host Amanda’s parents Jerry and Dawn, and her brother’s here for Thanksgiving. There is so much more to say but I do not have the time right now.

Bless you.
iacrawford@live.com
Ian

Life in the new world.

Here we are in Grandview, MO. It has been and continues to be a stretch of faith with every step. We are hoping to close and move into our house on Wednesday the 12th of August or on Friday the 14th. There are a few things that need to be done right away in the house, like there is no refrigerator and the roof needs a little patch work.

We have been blessed with such great friends who are letting us store our things in the garage before we move in and friends who have been so kind to allow us to stay with them.

We have felt like gypses moving from one spot to the next since May. We are encouraged and love how God works, even though it is not in our timing, He ways are much greater than ours.

Ian’s new job at St. Luke’s South hospital in Overland Park, KS is amazing. God has truly placed him there. The staff that he works with are very kind and the hospital is a episcopal based organization.
Amanda is enjoying her time setting up class at the school where she will be teaching 3rd grade at the Daniel Academy. The whole turning on the air conditioning has not been quite figured out yet so her room has been in the upper 80’s as she sets up class. She got a little sick on Friday because of the intense heat.

Ian has a new phone number 913-660-2440

Our address will be

6701 E. 126th ST Grandview, MO 64030

Bless you all we love you

The Crawford’s

Miss you all

Things art happenen Fast

We are on our way to KC for an interview at a hospital. I am pumped about all the amazing things God is doing in our lives. I(Ian) got two great interviews last week on the only week day that I was in KC. Before the interviews no one had even called or emailed.

We are headed out to KC on Saturday then Monday we drive to CO and stay the night then to Vegas for the night then we arrive in CA for a big family reunion. I know that it is a lot of driving but it has to be done and I think it will be a good experience.

I have much faith for a great job in KC the way things are coming together. Amanda is still in pursuit of her occupation in KC. I think it’ll be with IHOP.

Gots to go

Peace

Things are starting to happen

OK, so its been ridiculously long since a blog has been written but we have been busy. Our house is almost ready and we are ready to sell. Last Monday we got some odd news. Amanda’s brothers went to the bank and got a pre-approved for a house loan. They had tried to get pre-approved in January but it wasn’t happening. I believe God was working out His own timing.

Our house

As of right now, Amanda and I are moving out June 1st and her brothers will be taking over until we can close on the house. We will be staying with her parents. We are both applying for jobs in KC and now that Gods hand is in our move.
Thank you for all your prayers. There is more to come soon. I promise soon.

Here in Minot ND

Hello beautiful people.

It has been a long time since Onething and we are doing well. We are hopfully just a few weeks away from putting our house on the market. We are in the process of moving some things out of the house to make it more showable. Amanda is going strong at school, wanting the house to sell before contracts for the next year are due. Ian is working in surgery still loving putting people back together. We are still moving towards moving to KC. We are believing for the end of June or begining of July for the big move. God has done so many great things in the plans for moving, most of them changed our plans and timming which is good. His timming is perfect. We are both the ripe age of 24. Over the past few weeks we had our birthdays and feel much wiser. Bless you all. We thank you for your prayers and encouragment.

Ian & Amanda

A new look on life

It has been a trying week. I have been on-call in surgery for the last week in a half and it has been fun trying to get some time in with Amanda. Our Church is joining with another church and they are joining with us. We are excited to see unity in the body of Christ to where two congregations can have the same vision of Jesus. We believe it is the “first fruits” in Minot for unity in the body.

Amanda is doing well at school. Her class numbers doubled for next year. Even though we won’t be here, it is encourageing to see the high impact that she has made on the public school in just on year teaching at Minot High. She has a great passion to see the kingdom of God brought to this generation.

The house will hopfully be done by the end of March and we plan to put it on the market as soon as it is ready. I know that God will glorify His name through its sale.

Bless you all.

Psalm 34:20

Finally a post

OK. We are busy. I (Ian) have been given the opportunity to work and take call as an orthopedic assistant; basically I assist orthopedic surgeons. I enjoy it because I love ortho. Anyway, it means more hours and great experience.

We have been working on our house to sell it here in Minot. Only a few more months to go and it should be somewhere ready to sell.

We are pressing in to hear God’s voice to move to Kansas City. As of right now it looks like we will move July. God is still confirming that move in dreams and words.
We are excited for warmer weather. Here in Minot it has been averaging single digits and wind and snow. The snow fall has been over 60 inches.
Amanda is doing better in school. She can’t wait for warmer weather. We have been spending most of our time inside listening to the house of prayer, reading, or napping. We have felt so tired lately.

Bless you all,

The Crawfords

Some things grow dim over time.

So, Amanda and I went this past week-end to a Anberlin concert. The ride down was fun with seven other people. Amanda and I, after we arrived at the venue, went up to the balcony to watch the concert in a less mosh-pit atmosphere. The sound was loud over modulated, but that we could deal with what really broke our hearts was the superficial “positive-feeling” atmosphere that was pushed so heavily with some of the bands. The band scene is what we belonged to in high school, and now we were disgusted with the entertainer good-feeling persona. Most of those kids and bands have no idea what is about to happen when the end-times become more and more intense. I felt a big desire to pray for the opening of their eyes; for a spirit of wisdom and revelation to encounter them.
Anyway, Blessings to all.
Its cold.

Ian&Amanda

Growing Stronger in trials

God’s mercy is almost too much for us sometimes. It has been an interesting week. We have recieved over 50 inches of snow here in Minot, which is not as normal as it used to be. It is possible to flood this spring because of the snow build-up. Some two lane roads are now one along with not being able to see around the corner because of a 12 foot snow mound. It is a state of emergency. Seriously. Minot is in a state of emergency, contracting with many companies that have trucks to move snow out of town.  Between Amanda and I we have gotten stuck in our driveway 6-7 times in the last two weeks, because our car is so low, or shall I was too low. We traded in our accord for a CR-V. We got a pretty good deal on it. I also needed to pick up a few extra hours at work. God give us grace and strength.

Blessings

Ian & Amanda

Blown Snow

Wow> There is a great amount of snow this year here in Minot. Amanda and I borrowed her dad’s 13hp snow blower and rock the snow, or moved it around to prepare for another blizzard that is supposed to come tonight and possibly through Thursday. I have never dealt with this much snow. I have only lived here for just over ten years. I know God is establishing His devine timing for Amanda and my move to KC. Bless you.
Ian.